Messianic Checkpoint: The Gospel of Matthew (with Jeff Cavins) - 2026
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What is the purpose of the Messianic Checkpoint and why is Matthew introduced now?
Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. Today we are joined by Jeff Cavins. Once again, as we move from the period of exile into our next messianic checkpoint we had. John, then we had Mark, and now we have Matthew. And so we have Jeff. Because we have Matthew, we also have Jeff. And uh so Jeff is gonna give us that introduction into what we should pay attention to, what we should be attended to when it comes to the Gospel of Matthew.
Jeff, it's awesome to have you again on the show.
Well it's good to be with you again and uh the story the story continues.
Yes. And also I just said on the show, is this a show? I don't know. On the podcast. On our show. We always have this. Yeah, the story continues. Um, and uh gosh, we just I think we would I'd say the period of exile, I not only the period of exile, but the period of I not the period of the prophets, but we got just got done with a long section of the prophets. I think it was was it a hundred days? I mean it was at least I think ninety or something in there of of prophets, which probably for most people people was their first um exposure to the prophets and what a what a gift to be able to walk all the way through and hopefully have some context and now we have the context launching into the gospel of Matthew as well.
Right. It was uh long enough for people to say, How many prophets are there? And I think that uh, you know, in all fairness, people can get a little bit confused during that time and uh it is a it is a lot. And uh it might be good just to remind all of our friends that one time through the Bible is not enough. One time through is like an introduction and then hey, you got your rest of your life to work it out and that's what you and you've done, that's what I'm doing. And uh it's been years and decades for me and uh yeah, I never get tired of it. But uh The more you do it, the the easier the story gets, the and uh yeah, I don't know if it gets easier to live, but it's easier to understand the more you do it.
That's a good way. That's that's good. That's a good distinction, I think, to make. It's not necessarily an easier to live, but to get that that sense of okay, I no have my bearings. I know for for a lot of people who have contacted me, they said over the prophets, um, they had to have their Bible in front of them as they were listening. Um, not maybe not everybody, but a lot of those are just like, Okay, I need to follow along uh and be really attentive. I can't uh I mean, I think there's something good about this podcast, which is Get in your car, drive and let the God's word wash over you. Let him him pour his word into you. Um, but sometimes there's that sense of like, okay, I need to um I need to pause and I need to actually carve out some time where I can not only hear the word of God, but also uh see it.
Because again, those prophets sometimes uh it's easy to get lost. And so I'm glad we're here now.
Well, it's kind of a reprieve now because we are taking a look at one of the Messianic checkpoints, which is the Gospel of Matthew. And uh it kind of, you know, when we go into this, people are like, Oh, okay, all right, now, yeah, I know where we're at. I know what's going on here. So we want to take a look at this at this gospel. And you know, I I get that question all the time, what's your favorite book of the Bible? And I always have to divide it up into the old testament and the new testament. And uh when we come to the New Testament, I'm I always say it's the Gospel of Matthew. I love I would probably say the same thing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I I love it. And uh, you know, it's written to Jewish people.
And so Written to being written to Jewish people means that Matthew is going to use some words and some phrases and some ideas that the Jewish people will get, but other people might not get it, you know, unless they have somebody to explain a little bit of this uh to them.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of the Messianic Checkpoint and why is Matthew introduced now?
0:04–4:49
2
How does Matthew’s genealogy highlight the role of women and the number 14?
4:49–10:28
3
Why does Matthew emphasize the fulfillment of Old Testament promises?
10:28–15:32
4
What is the significance of John the Baptist’s appearance and his link to Elijah?
15:32–20:42
5
How do the temptations in the wilderness connect to Israel’s 40‑year desert experience?
20:42–25:06
6
Why is the Sermon on the Mount considered the core of Jesus’ teaching in Matthew?
25:06–30:36
7
What do the teachings on marriage (chapter 19) and the end‑times (chapter 24) reveal about discipleship?
30:36–36:06
8
How does the Great Commission at the end of Matthew call believers to teach and disciple others?
36:06–38:59